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Selected Verse: Acts 26:14 - King James

Verse	Translation	Text
Ac 26:14	King James	And when we were all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking unto me, and saying in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.

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The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917]
heard (See Scofield) - (Act 9:7).

The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917]

heard

(See Scofield) - (Act 9:7).

Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886]
It is hard for thee to kick against the pricks Or, goads. The sharp goad carried in the ploughman's hand, against which the oxen kick on being pricked. The metaphor, though not found in Jewish writings, was common in Greek and Roman writings. Thus, Euripides ("Bacchae," 791): "Being enraged, I would kick against the goads, a mortal against a god." Plautus ("Truculentus, 4, 2, 55): "If you strike the goads with your fists, you hurt your hands more than the goads." "Who knows whether at that moment the operation of ploughing might not be going on within sight of the road along which the persecutor was travelling? (Howson, "Metaphors of St. Paul").

Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886]

It is hard for thee to kick against the pricks

Or, goads. The sharp goad carried in the ploughman's hand, against which the oxen kick on being pricked. The metaphor, though not found in Jewish writings, was common in Greek and Roman writings. Thus, Euripides ("Bacchae," 791): "Being enraged, I would kick against the goads, a mortal against a god." Plautus ("Truculentus, 4, 2, 55): "If you strike the goads with your fists, you hurt your hands more than the goads." "Who knows whether at that moment the operation of ploughing might not be going on within sight of the road along which the persecutor was travelling? (Howson, "Metaphors of St. Paul").

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
In the Hebrew tongue - St. Paul was not now speaking in Hebrew: when he was, Act 23:7, he did not add, In the Hebrew tongue. Christ used this tongue both on earth and from heaven.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]

In the Hebrew tongue - St. Paul was not now speaking in Hebrew: when he was, Act 23:7, he did not add, In the Hebrew tongue. Christ used this tongue both on earth and from heaven.

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